luggage van
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
When the train arrived it was found that the stretcher was too broad to go into a carriage, so I travelled in the luggage van, among trunks, bicycles and baskets of fish.
From 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany by Knight, Gerald Featherstone
The Chancery Barrister, having read many moving narratives of raids made upon registered luggage in the secrecy of the luggage van, had adopted a course which displayed a profound knowledge of human nature.
From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir
He was standing with Mr. George and Rollo near the luggage van, as they call it in England, while the railway porters were taking out the luggage.
From Rollo in Holland by Abbott, Jacob
Every railroad journey found him wandering like an earthbound spirit between his seat and the luggage van.
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie
They began to shunt the train, and soon he was stumbling about the sidings in a resolute attempt not to lose sight of the luggage van.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
